Improvement in folding-chairs



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'FRANOIS'llL HOLMES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 111,455, dated January 31, 1871 IMPROVEMENT lN 4FQLDlNGi-CHAIRS.v

The Schedule referred to in these Let-ters Patent and makngpart of the same.

To all persons to whom these presents may Acome Be it known that I, FRANCIS' MARGH HOLMES, of Boston, in the county of Sufolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Folding-Chairs; and do hereby declare the'same'to be fully described in the following specication, and represented in'the accompanying draw- Furthermore, the vlonger levers 'are'disposed be tween and against `the shorter levers, those of each pair being'connectedby one of the seat-supporting rnngs, and aise by one of two rungs 1 s, arranged as shown. s

In this chair the seat is joined to the back rung F by two double-jointed or three-leaved hinges G G, so

Figure 5 an edge view of one of the double-jointed`v or three-leaved hinges..

The hooked leaf of each hinge is to be fastened to the rung F, the other outer leaf being fixed to the.

chair-seat.

Furthermore, there"is fastened to the chair-seat,

on its vunder side, and at' or nean its middle, a band or webbing, I, which extends underneath the rung E and over the rung F, when thechairis open or unfolded,

or its parts in position, as shown in g. 1, for the chair to be sat upon. The said band, at or near its ends,

is to be fastened to the chair-seat. This band is to prevent the'seat, while the chair is folded, from being turned up against the back; for should this be done and an attempt be made to .unfold the chair, the

'whole chair would be liable to collapse, in a manner to cause it to fall to the floor.

i The'object in havingthe seat oombinedwith the back rung by the double-jointed hinges, and arranged so as to turn over and down in front of the front rung, is to have the upholstered or cushioned face or cushion ofthe seat show in front with the back when the chair is folded. y

When the seat is connected to the front rung by three-leaved hinges, and is folded down over in rear of the back rung, the bottom or lower surface of the seat will be seen with the front ofthe back when the chair is folded, thereby causing the best or most ornamental side or face of the seat to be hidden from View.

In the folding-chair asdescribed, I claimy 1. The seat,as connected to its back-supporting rung F by double-jointed hinges G, andprovided with one or more stops, H, to sustain it against the front rung E, such Vseat being to fold over the frontrnng and down in advance of it, as set forth. 2. In the folding-chair, the combinaation of'4 the band I with the seat and its supporting-rangs E F and one or more stops H, and with the three-leaved hinges-G fixed to the seat, and the back rung F, all being substantially as described. FuM. HOLMES. IVi'tnesses:

R. H. EDDY, 

